Manila Bulletin
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Manila Bulletin
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet |
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| Owner | Manila Bulletin Publishing Corp. |
| Editor | Ben Rodriguez |
| Founded | 1908 |
| Political allegiance | Administration, Conservative |
| Headquarters | Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines |
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| Website: http://www.mb.com.ph/ | |
The Manila Bulletin (PSE: MB), (also known as the Bulletin and was previously known as Bulletin Today) is the Philippines' second-largest broadsheet newspaper by circulation, second only to the Philippine Daily Inquirer. It bills itself as "The Nation's Leading Newspaper", which is its official slogan. Founded in 1900 as a shipping journal, it is the second-oldest Philippine newspaper, second only to The Manila Times.
The newspaper is owned by Filipino-Chinese business mogul Emilio Yap, who, aside from the Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation (the paper's controlling company), also owns the Manila Hotel and Euro-Phil Laboratories. The company has been listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange since 1990, and had revenues of approximately US$45 million in 2004. Besides its flagship it publishes two other daily newspapers, Tempo and Balita, as well as nine magazines such as the Philippine Panorama, Bannawag, Liwayway, and a host of other journals in English, Tagalog and other Philippine languages.
In addition it maintains the oldest news web site in the Philippines.
[edit] Bias
The newspaper is regarded by many for being pro-administration regardless of whoever is in power and also for its optimistic and non-sensational journalism. These days, it is lumped together with The Philippine Star for newspapers that lean strongly toward the Macapagal-Arroyo administration.
